Learning maketh young men temperate, is the comfort of old age, standing
for wealth with poverty, and serving as an ornament to riches.
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
for wealth with poverty, and serving as an ornament to riches.
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
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Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C...
